Going out: Cinema

Maria
Out now
Directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Steven Knight, the same writer-director team behind the Diana, Princess of Wales biopic Spencer, this look at the life of opera singer Maria Callas stars Angelina Jolie and focuses on the period during which the star lived out of the public eye in Paris in the 1970s.

Babygirl
Out now
A married mother of two with a hotshot job puts it all on the line for an all-consuming sizzling affair with a younger colleague in this erotic thriller starring Nicole Kidman and rising British star Harris Dickinson. Directed by Halina Reijn (of the excellent Bodies Bodies Bodies).

Companion
Out now
Jack Quaid is a standout among the current clutch of young-ish actors making names for themselves in genres such as horror and comedy. And so he should be, with Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan for parents. Here, he is in villain mode, for a creepy new psychological thriller also starring Sophie Thatcher and Lukas Gage.

A Real Pain
Out now
Family history resurfaces, creating new tensions, as two cousins, reserved family man David (Jesse Eisenberg) and live wire Benji (Kieran Culkin), travel around Poland to try to honour the memory of their grandmother, in this acclaimed comic drama written and directed by Eisenberg. Catherine Bray

Going out: Gigs

Jakub Klimiuk Quintet with Mark Lockheart
Pizza Express Jazz Club, London, 13 January
Talented Polish jazz guitarist/composer Jakub Klimiuk is crafting a rare mix of New York edginess and Scandinavian avant-jazz impressionism. Now a UK regular, his partnership with founding Polar Bear/Loose Tubes saxophonist Mark Lockheart is quickly making waves. John Fordham

Mobb Deep
O2 Academy Islington, London, 16 January
Thirty years after the release of their hugely influential east coast rap classic, the relentlessly bleak The Infamous, the group – made up of rapper and producer Havoc, alongside Big Noyd and DJ L.E.S. (original member producer Prodigy died in 2017) – arrive in the UK to celebrate their legacy. Michael Cragg

CupcakKe
17 to 22 January; tour starts London
Chicago rapper CupcakKe, AKA Elizabeth Harris, brings her coterie of horned-up, graphic pop-rap to the UK in celebration of 2024’s Dauntless Manifesto. Expect the Charli xcx collaborator to turn each venue into a sweat-soaked club. MC

Love Life
Grand Theatre, Leeds, 16 to 18 January
Kurt Weill’s penultimate Broadway musical, a collaboration with My Fair Lady lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, is staged by Opera North. This story of an archetypal American family, whose lives are traced through 150 years of their country’s history, is staged by Matthew Eberhardt and conducted by James Holmes. Andrew Clements

Going out: Art

Breaking Lines
Estorick Collection, London, 15 January to 11 May
The radical poetic experiments of the Italian futurists are revisited in this unexpected view of a movement most famous for its art. In fact, futurist poetry was a form of visual art with its words scattered across the empty space of the page. Corrado Govoni and concrete poet Dom Sylvester Houédard are remembered.

Whistler Pastels
Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, to 2 March
The American-born James McNeill Whistler was an outrageous gunslinger of a character who galvanised 19th-century art. He was friends with Manet, a star in Paris, a scandalous success in Wilde’s London. This show reveals a lesser known side to his aesthetic ingenuity as it explores his passion for pastel.

New Contemporaries
ICA, London, 15 January to 23 March
This venerable showcase of the new marks its 75th birthday by returning to the ICA where it was staged in the 20th century. Here is a glimpse of art’s future as 35 young artists offer their visions of the personal and public. Will it be a gathering of tomorrow’s greats?

Sarah Kirby
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, near Wakefield, to 23 February
Where better for a winter walk than Yorkshire Sculpture Park with its mix of landscapes, dotted with sculpture from subtle interventions to spectacular statues? Sarah Kirby’s attractive prints of the Park’s hills, dales and picturesque architecture add to the artistic tapestry. It’s a selling exhibition if you fancy a souvenir. Jonathan Jones

Going out: Stage

The Lonely Londoners
Kiln Theatre, London, to 22 February
Roy Williams’s adaptation of Sam Selvon’s 1956 novel won tremendous reviews when it played at Jermyn Street theatre last year. Now the ambitions and realities of generation Windrush are laid out again as the show, made with rich song, stellar performances and a soaring sense of hope, transfers to the Kiln. Kate Wyver

SealSkin
The Lowry, Manchester, 16 January; then touring to 20 March
With every full moon, the Selkies peel away their skin. When a fisher discovers their secret and steals a skin, chaos is unleashed and a community unravels. Touring this spring, physical theatre company Tmesis retells this old Scottish folklore tale of love and betrayal with puppetry, projection and live acoustic music. KW

Resolution festival
The Place, London, to 15 February
This annual festival of new choreography is a showcase of upcoming talent that often yields a few golden nuggets. Each night is a complete lucky dip, with three wildly different shows across myriad styles of dance and performance. A good place to look for the names of the future. Lyndsey Winship

Chloe Petts
Soho theatre, London, 13 to 25 January; then touring to 9 March
The Kent-born standup is one of British comedy’s most accomplished new stars, applying dry wit and geezerish likability to some very timely topics. In her latest show, Petts weaves the hostile response to a recent Sky Sports presenting gig into tales of her head girl tenure while reflecting on the nuances of her gender identity. Rachel Aroesti